Dhaulagiri is the high point of the Dhaulagiri Himal or massif in Nepal, a sub-range of the Himalaya that rises between the Bheri River on the west and the Kali Gandaki River on the east. Dhaulagiri is the highest mountain located completely within Nepal; all others lie along the Tibet/China border to the north. Annapurna I, the tenth highest mountain in the world at 26,545 feet (8,091 meters) high, is 21 miles (34 kilometers) east of Dhaulagiri.
The Nepalese name Dhaulagiri originates with its Sanskrit name dhawala giri, which translates to “beautiful white mountain,” an appropriate name for the high peak which is always cloaked in snow. The deep canyon, which plunges between Dhaulagiri on the west and 26,545-foot Annapurna I on the east, is the world’s deepest river gorge if measured from the river to the summits. The elevation difference from the river, at 8,270 feet (2,520 meters), and the 26,795-foot summit of Dhaulagiri is an astounding 18,525 feet. The 391-mile-long Kali Gandaki River also drops 20,420 feet from its 20,564-foot headwaters at the Nhubine Himal Glacier in Nepal to its 144-foot mouth at the Ganges River in India with a steep gradient drop of 52 feet per mile.
Elevation: 26,794 feet (8,167 meters); 7th highest mountain in the world; 8,000-meter peak; ultra-prominent peak.
Location: Nepal, Asia
Prominence: 11,014 feet (3,357 meters); 55th most prominent mountain in the world
First Ascent: Nawang Dorje, Kurt Diemberger, Peter Diener, Albin Schelbert (Austria), Nima Dorje (Nepal), May 13, 1960.
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